Hey yall, I'm Marchelle.
I don't fit into one box. I stopped trying.
My story, like most, is a moving one. I've experienced incredible triumphs that have fed my ego and insurmountable traumas that have humbled me and deepened my empathy. Somewhere between the two, I've learned to pay attention—to myself, to people, and to the world around me.
I am a watcher.
Not just of people, but of life. I like to see. I like to feel. I like to connect the life dots. Give me a cause and an effect and I'm probably going to pull up a chair, dissect the whole thing, ask why, and start thinking about what we can do with what we've learned.
I love words, ideas and thought.
I earned my degree in English with a concentration in Writing for Business, but my relationship with words has never stayed neatly on the page. I write. I talk. I question. I unpack. And apparently, I create things when I can't find exactly what I need.
runONthoughts began in 2020 because I needed somewhere to put all those thoughts.
What started as a space to organize the noise in my own head and share it with like-minded people has grown with me. Today, runONthoughts is a podcast, a writing space, a growing collection of things I've created, and most importantly, a place where I'm still allowed to think out loud.
Along the way, I've become a podcast host, writer and published author. I've created the runONthoughts Diabetic Journal, turned personal reflections into conversations and essays, and built a body of work that looks a lot like me:
a little practical, a little reflective, occasionally opinionated, always evolving.
And I think that's the part I'm most proud of.
I'm still not sure I can give you one tidy description of who I am.
I am all of myself, even as I evolve.
So as I write, talk, create and share this space with you, who I am will continue to reveal itself. I'll try to be transparent. I'll probably change my mind sometimes. And I welcome the possibility that someone with a different voice, vision or experience may see something I never considered.
That's part of the thinking.
That's part of the becoming.
And that's runONthoughts.
So... y'all ready? Let's GO.